South Glengarry Infrastructure General Manager Ewen MacDonald. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston, File)
LANCASTER – South Glengarry’s infrastructure general manager says the municipality is in a position where there really is no choice but to reduce garbage bag limits.
Speaking with the township’s environment committee Friday morning (Dec. 11), Ewen MacDonald says his recommendations will come after results of the garbage composition study are known, which the committee hopes to have by late January.
In November, South Glengarry council asked MacDonald to prepare a report but there had been no timeline for the completion of that report.
“From my position as infrastructure manager and knowing that we are filling up our landfill sites quicker than we anticipated, I really don’t think administratively we can make any recommendation to council other than they consider reducing the bag limits whether that be over a period of time or take the leap and go right to two bags. I’m